Poomsae team bags 3 golds in world tiff

MANILA, Philippines - The national poomsae team turned in another worthy performance in the ninth World Taekwondo Poomsae Championship, winning three gold, two silver and three bronze medals in Aguascalientes, Mexico recently.

The Filipinos dominated the Seniors 2 men’s team, team freestyle and individual male freestyle and finished second in the pair freestyle and Senior 2-male individual in another impressive showing that netted them fifth place among 46 countries.

The junior female individual, the junior female freestyle and the men’s team delivered the three bronzes for Team Philippines, according to head coach Igor Mella.

“This is the team’s best finish so far since we started joining the World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, even beating our 2013 milestone performance,” said Mella, whose team’s campaign was sponsored by PLDT HOME Ultera.

“We congratulate the HOME Ultera national poomsae team,” said PLDT executive vice president and head of HOME business Ariel Fermin. “They continue to inspire our country and exemplify our brand’s speed and drive to excellence. We will further strengthen our partnership so that the team will be able to help us promote the sport to the Filipino youth, in line with our sports advocacy.”

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